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UNIFAVIP

In research, UNIFAVIP stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,780 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry (Dentistry is 22.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,267
of 22,385 · #13,053 all time
Rank in Brazil
#349
of 684
Research works
392
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
457
1.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
UNIFAVIP

What is UNIFAVIP known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,780 of 9,902 1.2%113 #7819

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where UNIFAVIP sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does UNIFAVIP work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at UNIFAVIP is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 115 fractional works · 55.0% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 28.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 14.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 23 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrthodontics: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 15.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUNIFAVIP209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6028.6%
    2. Health Professions3014.2%
    3. Dentistry2311.0%
    4. Nursing20.8%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Social Sciences3416.5%
    2. Psychology83.8%
    3. Decision Sciences21.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences199.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.5%
    4. Neuroscience31.4%
    1. Computer Science84.0%
    2. Environmental Science42.1%
    3. Engineering31.2%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does UNIFAVIP specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 22.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 23.0 works23×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 22.72× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.39× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 22.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry22.72×23 works
  2. Health Professions5.39×30 works
  3. Veterinary2.45×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.91×19 works
  5. Nursing1.63×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×3 works
  7. Medicine1.49×60 works
  8. Social Sciences1.30×34 works
  9. Psychology1.23×8 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.21×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.86×3 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×7 works
  13. Computer Science0.52×8 works
  14. Environmental Science0.43×4 works
  15. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  17. Engineering0.08×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at UNIFAVIP?

Ranked on the quality score, Lidiany da Paixão Siqueira, Nathalia Joanne Bispo Cézar and Vivian Mariano Torres lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UNIFAVIP.

  1. 1 Lidiany da Paixão Siqueira Brazil · #3,080,540 worldwide 210 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Nathalia Joanne Bispo Cézar Brazil · #3,981,524 worldwide 135 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Vivian Mariano Torres Brazil · #4,007,285 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Micaelle Batista Torres Brazil · #4,024,299 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Geórgia Karoline Cavalcante Galvão Brazil · #4,077,521 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Tibério César Lima de Vasconcelos Brazil · #4,187,132 worldwide 70 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Thamyres Fernanda Moura Pedrosa Souza Brazil · #4,347,048 worldwide 21 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Marcos André Araújo Duque Brazil · #4,524,039 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Patricia Ataíde Solon de Oliveira Brazil · #4,543,172 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mariana Andrade Figueiredo Brazil · #4,607,290 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at UNIFAVIP

What are the most cited papers from UNIFAVIP?

The most cited paper from UNIFAVIP is "Postural control assessment in students with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss" (Renato de Souza Melo, Andréa dos Reis Lemos, Carla Fabiana da Silva Toscano Macky et al., 2014), with 51 citations. Next come "Prevalence and incidence of vector-borne pathogens in unprotected dogs in two Brazilian regions" (45) and "OS DESAFIOS DA ENFERMAGEM NO ENFRENTAMENTO AO COVID-19/ NURSING CHALLENGES IN COPING WITH COVID-19" (33).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Postural control assessment in students with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss Renato de Souza Melo, Andréa dos Reis Lemos, Carla Fabiana da Silva Toscano Macky et al. · Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Open access 16 Sep 2014 51
2 Prevalence and incidence of vector-borne pathogens in unprotected dogs in two Brazilian regions Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Luciana Aguiar Figueredo, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales et al. · Parasites & Vectors Open access 20 Apr 2020 45
3 OS DESAFIOS DA ENFERMAGEM NO ENFRENTAMENTO AO COVID-19/ NURSING CHALLENGES IN COPING WITH COVID-19 José Miguel Azevedo‐Pereira, Kelly Mikaelly de Souza Gomes Lima, Suely Maria de Melo dos Santos et al. · Brazilian Journal of Development Open access 2021 33
4 Failure of the dog culling strategy in controlling human visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: A screening coverage issue? Lucas Christian de Sousa‐Paula, Lidiane Gomes da Silva, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 26 Jun 2019 29
5 Detection of Leishmania species (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Porto Velho, Northern Brazil Adriele Nunes Rodrigues Silva, Antônio Marques Pereira Júnior, Paula Frassinetti Medeiros de Paulo et al. · Acta Tropica 12 Nov 2020 28
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at UNIFAVIP?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Social Determinants, Healthcare Access, Health Policy, Economic Impact and Drug Resistance.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology39▲ 4.6×36 topics
  2. Quality of Life28▲ 9.4×21 topics
  3. Public Health25▲ 8.3×8 topics
  4. Social Determinants20▲ 46×4 topics
  5. Healthcare Access17▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Health Policy14▲ 45×3 topics
  7. Healthcare12▲ 5.1×5 topics
  8. Educational Technology12▲ 4.8×6 topics
  9. Economic Impact11▲ 9.9×2 topics
  10. Drug Resistance11▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Infection Control11▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Judicialization11▲ 194×1 topic
  13. Medication11▲ 194×1 topic
  14. Risk Factors11▲ 4.6×8 topics
  15. Treatment10▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Healthcare Regulation10▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Patient Safety10▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 6.9×4 topics
  19. Medicinal Plants8▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Ethnobotany8▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Pharmacological Studies8▲ 138×1 topic
  22. Prevention8▲ 8.6×8 topics
  23. Internet of Things7▲ 4.1×2 topics
  24. Information Technology7▲ 7.1×1 topic
  25. Smart Library7▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Depression7▲ 3.7×6 topics
  27. Prevalence6▲ 7.7×4 topics
  28. Genetics6▲ 4.4×6 topics
  29. Management6▲ 3.8×8 topics
  30. Adolescents6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. Chronic Diseases6▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Primary Care6▲ 7.3×2 topics
  33. Health5▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Psychological Factors5▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Economic Analysis5▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Family5▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Nursing5▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Social Determinants of Health5▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Cocaine4▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Crack4▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does UNIFAVIP publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Health in Brazil, Healthcare Regulation, Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications and Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Public Health in Brazil: 11 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 10 fractional worksPhytochemistry Medicinal…8Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications: 8 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…7Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 7 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 4 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 4 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…4Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 4 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealth Information ManagementPlant ScienceInformation Systems5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 10 works
  3. 3 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Plant Science 8 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 7 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 4 works
  6. 6 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 4 works
  7. 7 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 4 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 4 works
  9. 9 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available88.4%not open11.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UNIFAVIP's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting201520202025
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is UNIFAVIP as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%UNIFAVIP0.00030% in 20252020

Fractional works of UNIFAVIP over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2024UNIFAVIP3.8% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.0% in 2022.

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